Adjustable and folding table



Aug. 10, 1954 G. c. TERRY 2,686,094

ADJUSTABLE AND FOLDING TABLE Filed March 6, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l 46 VENTOR.

GEORGE c. TERRY ATTORQN EY.

1954 G. c. TERRY ADJUSTABLE AND FOLDING TABLE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 6, 1953 FIG. 7

INVENTOR. GEORGE C. TERRY ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 10, 1954 2,686,094 ADJUSTABLE AND FOLDING TABLE George 0. Terry, Garden City, N. Y., assignor to Kamkap, Inc. New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March s, 1953, Serial No.

2 Claims. (01. 31137) This invention relates to adjustable tables and a multi-purpose folding table which is adjustable both as to height and as to inclination of table top, and which is especially useful for persons sitting or reclining 1y from the person.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel structure of the character is formed from ed for said table top.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel bedside table wherein the tabletop is or one longitudinal edge may be disengaged therefrom and tilted upwardly.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the adjustable table of the present invention and showing the rear section of the table top in elevated position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the table in completely folded position;

Fig. 3 shows the table in partly unfolded position;

Fig. 4 shows the table in further unfolded position;

Fig. 5 is "a transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

'Fig. 6 shows the front of the table top in ele vated position;

Fig. 7 is a broken section showing the means of releasable attachment of the table top to its supporting frame;

Fig. 8 is similar to Fig. 7 but shows the relation of the parts when the table top is free from attachment to one'of the rails of the table top support.

Th adjustable table of the present invention includes a generally U-shaped supporting base In, front and rear vertical supporting members or pedestals, and a table top H. Each pedestal includes a lower tubular section I 2 and an upper section l3. In the drawing the latter is shown as being received in telescopic relation in the former but this arrangement can be reversed if desired.

secured by rivets to the free terminals of the base, and provided with spaced ears l5 secured by a pivot pin IE to the lower end of the tubular members. A shoulder. I! at the outer end of each U-shaped section [4 abuts The brackets are. are engaged by hinged keepers 2| which secure the vertical and horizontal members in substantially right-angular relation as shown in Fig. 4.

The upper members l3 may be solid or tubular as desired and are formed with plural sets of aligned openings 22 which receive pins 23, the pins also passing through aligned openings 24 in lower members l2. The pins are provided at their inner ends with angular extensions 25 passing through slot 26 in a cross piece 30 received at opposite ends to the two lower vertical posts. A spring 3| urges the pins outwardly.

At the upper endof each upper section l3 two L-shaped brackets are secured by a pivot pin 32 passing through the vertical portions 33 thereof (Fig. 1) and through aligned openings in the tubular posts. The horizontal portions 34 of the brackets are rigidly secured by rivets to the terminals of a horizontally disposed U-shaped table top support formed of tubular material and having a front rail 35 and a rear rail 36.

The table top is swingable upwardly to an adjusted fixed released and the/table rails in the following manner. A transverse angle bar 40 is secured to the lower surface of the table top at each end thereof, the bar having at opposite ends arcuate recesses M which receive the front and rear rails.

The arcuate recesses extend over substantially one-half the periphery of the rails and they are normally held in-the recesses bymeans ofilatches which are pivoted at H in anrecessedportion 43 of the angle bars. The latch has a terminal portion Mi which engages the rail and a spring: 45 urges this portion against the rail. When it is desired to release the latch an offset-finger piece 46 is pressed downwardly Manipulation of two of these latches permitstliefront orrear. section of the table top to be freed from its attachment to the rail, If all four latches are manipulated the entire table top-mayberemoved;

Assume, however, that it is desired to.-r-aise-.the rear section of the table top, the rear latches are top is raised to the position of Fig. and it is supported'in suchpposition by means of a bail-like bracket support'ifl hinged at opposite ends to the'oenters of the angle-brackets 40, and whoseinterconnecting;section 51 is received in one of theseveralnotchesfi? in spaced cross supports 53.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the entire structure can be rapidly folded as-shown in Fig. 2 and that in such conditionrit" requires little storage space. In the event that av bed is placed with its left-hand side against the-wall one edge of the table top may be elevated'and if the bed is placed against an opposite wall the other edge may be'elevated.

If the table is used for feedinginvalids' in bed the table top maybe usedas a tray for transporting food. by simply manipulating all four latches, transporting the tray to the kitchen to receive the food and returning it for attachment to the table as a horizontal unit.

While one form or embodimentlofthe,invention has been shown and described herein for illustrative purposes, and the. construction and arrangement incidental to one specific application thereof has been disclosed and discussedin 4 detail, it is to be understood'that' the; invention islirnited neither to the mere detailsor relative arrangement of parts, nor to its specific. embodiment shown herein, but that extensive deviations from the illustrated former invention may be made without departing from the principles thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A table provided with atiltable top and which is supported at oneend thereofby-spaced vertical legs, said table including a substantially U-shaped frame which is normally disposed'hori+ zontally, mounted at theupper endof the legs and which are secured to the free: terminals of the frame and which maintain the frame in said horizontal position, cross pfecesearriediby said frame and which have a plurality of spaced embodiment of the a ii notches in the notches extending downwardly from the upper edges thereof, spaced flanges extending downwardly from the lower surface of the table top, said flanges having recesses at each end thereof which receive the opposed legs of the frame, releasable latches carried by the angle bars for securing portions of each leg of the frame to said"angle-barstor permit: the entire table top to be removed from: the frame or; to permit one longitudinal edge thereof to be freed and be raised in pivoted relation to the other leg, and a bailpivoted substantially centrally of the flanges andextending downwardly therefrom and whose lower section, iss received in a selected pair of cross pieces to permit the table top to be'supportediin an adjusted, fixed diagonal position.

2'. A foldable table provided with a tiltable top andawhich is supported at one end thereof by spaced vertical legs, said table including a substantially U-shaped frame, which is disposed horizontallywhen. the table is in. extended, position,,substantially Lc-shaped brackets of channeled construction pivotally mounted-at the upper. end, of. thelegs and which, areisecured to the free terminals of the frame, said brackets having shoulders which limit downward movement of. the frame to saidhorizontal position, cross pieces 'carriedby. said. frame and which have aplurality of. spaced notches extending downwardly from theupper. edges thereof; angle bars extending downwardlyfrom-the lower surface ofthe tabletop adjacent one side of each cross piece, said angle. bars having recesses at each end thereofiwhich receive the opposed legs of the frame, spring-urged, pivoted latches carried by. the angle harsfor. releasably securing portions of each leg. of the frame. to saidangle bars to, permit the entire table top to .be removed from the frame or to permit one longitudinal edgethereof to .be freedand be raised in pivoted relation to therother leg; and. asubstantially U- shapedbail pivoted substantiallycentrally of the angle bars andextending downwardly therefrom and whose lower. section isreceived in aselected pair of notches in the cross-pieces to .permitthe table top tobesupported in an adjusted, fixed diagonallposition.

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